The Mowers faced off against the only side to have defeated them this season, Bamawm-Lockington United, at Moama Recreation Reserve and came away with the win by 60 runs after a heroic lower order stand from two of its youngest members.
Archie Teasdale and Rhys Drennan came together in the first innings with their side in a deep hole at 7-94, and would go on to add 51 runs as a pair.
Teasdale batted on and remained the not out batter on 49 in a man of the match performance as the Mowers finished the innings all out for 190.
Braydee Hutchins took 3-32, tearing through the middle order to put BLU in a good position, but the Lions would have been disappointed with how the Mowers fought back into the game.
BLU struggled to get a lot going throughout the chase, a wicket falling around every ten runs almost like clockwork over the first 25 overs.
The likes of captain Regis Chakabva (16) and Joel Felmingham (13) made starts, but a constant assault from Anthony McMahon and Matt Saunders kept the Lions off balance, the pair combining for five of the first six wickets.
Similarly to the Moama innings, BLU started to find some resiliency with its back against the wall.
Noah Turner (32) led a recovery effort, but some ill advised running saw two of BLU’s final three wickets fall by run out, including the deciding moment when Matt Saunders threw down the stumps to see Moama into the promised land.
McMahon had best figures for the Mowers, taking 3-25.
This is Moama’s first McMahon Shield since Goulburn Murray Cricket was formed for the 2012-13 season, with Kyabram Fire Brigade, Rochester and Echuca dominating the winners list until now.
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